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    USB Drive on ESXI 5.5 free VM?

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      A Former User
      last edited by

      What do you mean? Run ESXI on a USB stick? Yes. It depends on the USB stick and Server supporting it though, not all work.

      Or do you mean USB passthrough to a VM? for that you edit the VM Settings Add a USB Controller to the VM, then add a USB Device and select which device.

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        A Former User
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        No, i have a Host that I need to copy a ton of data from. 400GB. I'm doing it over the network and only getting 4-5MBs, i was hoping to get @least usb 2.0 speeds

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          A Former User @A Former User
          last edited by A Former User

          @Hubtech said:

          No, i have a Host that I need to copy a ton of data from.

          Is the data in the VM? You could copy it like that. over USB. If it's something in the datastore itself I don't think you can. without using SCP (SSH) to the Host machine and connecting the USB passthrough there: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/220577-copy-file-from-esxi-5x-datastore-to-external-usb

          Also note SSH is not running by default on ESXI you need to start the service to use SCP.

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            A Former User
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            Way Easier than that.

            select VM, go to inventory, add device, usb controller. then plug in the USB device, the add USB Device. only getting 3-4 MB a sec though.

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              A Former User
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              speed has dropped to 800K/s

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                A Former User @A Former User
                last edited by

                @Hubtech said:

                Way Easier than that.

                select VM, go to inventory, add device, usb controller. then plug in the USB device, the add USB Device. only getting 3-4 MB a sec though.

                Yeah. That's what I said in the first post.

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                  A Former User
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                  installed the correct driver and things are speeding back up. lol freakin technology

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                    A Former User
                    last edited by

                    i read it wrong or something. sry charlie

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                      A Former User @A Former User
                      last edited by A Former User

                      @Hubtech said:

                      speed has dropped to 800K/s

                      What is the Host's specs? I'm guessing it doesn't have VT-D. Or no VMware Tools

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                        A Former User
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                        host is a r620 heavy hitter. does have vmware tools

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                          A Former User
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                          only running 2.2MB/s wtf bbq

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